Editing 1880 in architecture

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The year '''1880 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1880}}

===Buildings===
[[File:Melb CBN Exhibition Building 2.jpg|thumb|[[Royal Exhibition Building]]]]
* [[August 14]] – [[Cologne Cathedral]] in [[Cologne]], Germany, is completed after 632 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cologne Cathedral|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/292|website=whc.unesco.org|access-date=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof]] (railway station) in [[Berlin]], Germany, rebuilt by [[Franz Heinrich Schwechten]], is completed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anhalter Bahnhof (Berlin-Kreuzberg, 1880)|url=https://structurae.de/bauwerke/anhalter-bahnhof|website=Structurae|access-date=19 January 2018|language=de}}</ref>
* [[Manchester Central railway station]] in [[Manchester]], [[England]] is completed.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Britton|first1=Paul|title=Guided tour will track history of former station|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/guided-tour-manchester-central-track-2597173|website=men|access-date=19 January 2018|date=15 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Royal Exhibition Building]], [[Melbourne]] is completed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1131 |website=whc.unesco.org|access-date=19 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Yıldız Palace]], [[Istanbul]], Turkey, is built.
* [[Bathing Ghat, Bulandshahr]], India, is completed.

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[John Loughborough Pearson]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goold|first1=David|title=John Loughborough Pearson – Dictionary of Scottish Architects |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202441|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Charles Girault|Louis Girault]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gelis-Didot|first1=Pierre|title=Paris Mansions and Apartments 1893: Facades, Floor Plans and Architectural Details|date=2012|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-15431-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7_BdMN3yuoC&pg=PR5|language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
* [[April 1]] – [[Louis Laybourne Smith]] – Australian architect (died [[1965 in architecture|1965]])<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Irwin|first1=J. C.|title=Smith, Louis Laybourne (1880–1965) |id2=smith-louis-laybourne-8479|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[April 9]] – [[Jan Letzel]], Czech architect (died [[1925 in architecture|1925]])<ref>[http://www.radio.cz/en/issue/69210 A look at the Czech architect who built Hiroshima's Industrial Promotion Hall — today's A-Bomb Dome.]</ref>
* [[May 4]] – [[Bruno Taut]], German architect and urban planner (died [[1938 in architecture|1938]])
* [[May 19]] – [[Albert Richardson (architect)|Albert Richardson]], English architect, writer, and professor of architecture (died [[1964 in architecture|1964]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Albert Richardson|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/albert-richardson-pra|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] – [[Eižens Laube]], Latvian architect (died [[1967 in architecture|1967]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Eižens Laube|url=https://nekropole.info/en/Eizens-Laube |website=nekropole.info|access-date=19 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 15]] – [[Aymar Embury II]], American architect (died [[1966 in architecture|1966]])
* [[October 23]] – [[Dominikus Böhm]], German church architect (died [[1955 in architecture|1955]])
* [[November 9]] – [[Giles Gilbert Scott]], English architect, son of [[George Gilbert Scott, Jr.]] (died [[1960 in architecture|1960]])<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert (1880–1960)|author-link=Gavin Stamp|first=Gavin|last=Stamp|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/60773|year=2004 |access-date=2016-03-23|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35987}}</ref>

==Deaths==
* [[January 27]] – [[Edward Middleton Barry]], English architect (born [[1830 in architecture|1830]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Academy of Arts Collections – Person |url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=&person=5511|website=www.racollection.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] – [[Richard Lane (architect)|Richard Lane]], English architect (born [[1795 in architecture|1795]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Lane |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=204713|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] – [[Benjamin Ferrey]], English architect (born [[1810 in architecture|1810]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Benjamin Ferrey |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201133|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>

==Developments==
* [[Margaret Hicks (architect)|Margaret Hicks]] became the first woman to graduate from an architecture course at an American university.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of Cornell AAP |url=https://aap.cornell.edu/about/history |website=Cornell University Architecture Art and Planning |publisher=Cornell University |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1880 works|Architecture]]
[[Category:Years in architecture]]
[[Category:19th-century architecture]]


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